Phyllonorycter pyrifoliella
Phyllonorycter pyrifoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, Spain and Ukraine.
| Phyllonorycter pyrifoliella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. pyrifoliella |
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| Phyllonorycter pyrifoliella (Gerasimov, 1933)[1] | |
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The larvae feed on Malus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower-surface tentifom mine.[2]
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